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Oil technical analysis: WTI edges lower despite bullish EIA data, now trading below 56.00 a barrel

WTI erases daily gains after EIA-inspired spike.
The level to beat for bears is $55.40 a barrel.

Flavio Tosti Independent Analyst

Oil daily chart

WTI (West Texas Intermediate) traded as high as $56.59 a barrel near the 50/200-daily simple moving averages (SMAs) but the market found no acceptance above that level. Oil is trading below its main SMAs, suggesting an overall bearish bias.

Oil 4-hour chart

WTI is trading below 65.20 resistance and the 200 SMA suggesting bearish momentum in the medium term. Bears would need to initially break below the 55.40 level to reach 54.65 and 53.60 on the way down.

Oil 30-minute chart

Oil is trading above its main SMAs, suggesting bullish momentum in the near term. Black gold could find immediate resistance at the 56.20, 56.50 and 57.00 levels. In the New York session, the EIA reported a draw of -10.027M vs. -2.112M expected. The market initially spiked up on the bullish news but then the sellers stepped in and drove the market below the 56.00 figure.

Additional key levels

WTI

Overview
Today last price	55.81
Today Daily Change	0.16
Today Daily Change %	0.29
Today daily open	55.65

Trends
Daily SMA20	54.89
Daily SMA50	56.55
Daily SMA100	58.27
Daily SMA200	56.19

Levels
Previous Daily High	55.65
Previous Daily Low	53.65
Previous Weekly High	57.08
Previous Weekly Low	53.22
Previous Monthly High	60.99
Previous Monthly Low	54.87
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	54.89
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	54.41
Daily Pivot Point S1	54.32
Daily Pivot Point S2	52.98
Daily Pivot Point S3	52.32
Daily Pivot Point R1	56.32
Daily Pivot Point R2	56.98
Daily Pivot Point R3	58.32

Author

Flavio Tosti

Independent Analyst

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